| The Tosefta Set Contributor(s): Neusner, Jacob (Author) |
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ISBN: 1619702622 ISBN-13: 9781619702622 Publisher: Hendrickson Academic OUR PRICE: $116.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Reference - Religion | Judaism - Talmud |
| Dewey: 296.126 |
| Physical Information: 4.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (6.00 lbs) 2096 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The importance of the Tosefta for literary, historical, and religious scholarship has long been known, and this two-volume set makes it accessible to many more readers. The work is a vital supplement to the early rabbinic oral tradition first set to writing in the Mishnah at the end of the second century of the Common Era. Dating to about 220 CE and also set in the Tannaic period, the Tosefta has the same six orders and essentially the same tractates as the Mishnah, often agreeing with it, but sometimes differing significantly in its understanding of the oral tradition. This English translation of the Mishnaic Hebrew (with some Aramaic) is not merely a paraphrase, but aims at a literal rendition into English of the formulary patterns and syntactical traits of the original text. It contains complete references to the passages in the Tosefta that cite verbatim the corresponding unit in the Mishnah, which is printed in italics. The Tosefta is crucial to the study of formative rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism at Bard College and is Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Theology, Princeton. He has published more than one thousand books including translations of the Mishnah and both the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, and is the author of innumerable articles. He has served as President of the American Academy of Religion and as a member of both the National Council of the Humanities and the National Council of Arts. " |
Contributor Bio(s): Neusner, Jacob: - Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He has published more than eight hundred books and innumerable articles, and he is editor of The Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period and the three-volume Encyclopaedia of Judaism. He has also served as President of the American Academy of Religion, and was appointed as Member of the National Council on the Humanities and the National Council on the Arts. |